Public Health

The nation's seven-day COVID-19 case average has dropped by more than 30 percent since peaking Jan. 12, with the lowest weekly case average recorded since Nov. 30, reports The COVID Tracking Project. 

The U.S. Office of Special Counsel said millions of dollars in federal HHS funding intended for vaccine research and emergency preparedness were misused for at least a decade, The Hill reported Jan. 27. 

About 41 percent of U.S. adults say they're willing to get a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available to them; that's up from 34 percent who were surveyed in December, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation's latest COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor…

The CDC has confirmed 315 cases of the U.K. coronavirus variant, known as B.1.1.7, in 28 states as of Jan. 27. 

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are declining in the U.S., but the nation's seven-day average for deaths increased Jan. 26, according to data from The COVID Tracking Project.

Two physicians were found dead at an Austin, Texas-based pediatric medical office after a hostage standoff, according to the Austin Police Department and local news reports.

The successes and failures of past vaccination campaigns in the U.S. could offer lessons relevant to the ongoing COVID-19 vaccine rollout, The New York Times reports. 

The implementation of state laws that require hospitals to offer employees a flu shot, or that require staff to get vaccinated, are linked to lower flu death rates, a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine found.

The National Football League found that COVID-19 transmission occurred after less than 15 minutes of cumulative contact among players and staff, according to a joint report from NFL's medical leaders and the CDC.

Nearly 68 million people in the U.S. had a sexually transmitted disease in 2018, or 1 in 5 people, according to CDC data published Jan. 23 in the Sexually Transmitted Diseases journal.